Genesis 31:38-40

New International Reader's Version

³⁸ “I’ve been with you for 20 years now. The little ones of your sheep and goats were not dead when they were born. I haven’t eaten rams from your flocks. ³⁹ I didn’t bring you animals torn apart by wild beasts. I made up for the loss myself. Also, you made me pay for anything stolen by day or night. ⁴⁰ And what was my life like? The heat burned me in the daytime. And it was so cold at night that I froze. I couldn’t sleep.